MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250600F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508250600F012.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 12 hour RUC valid 18Z MON 25 AUG 25 Station: 43.36,-70.86 Latitude: 43.36 Longitude: -70.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 68 SFC 995 112 26.9 16.2 52 10.7 19.7 150 7 300.5 302.7 293.0 335.0 11.74 2 950 513 20.9 14.2 66 6.7 16.5 172 8 298.3 300.3 291.6 329.7 10.77 3 900 978 17.0 11.9 72 5.1 13.8 206 8 299.0 300.8 291.0 327.7 9.79 4 850 1463 13.3 9.2 76 4.1 10.8 218 10 300.0 301.6 290.4 325.5 8.63 5 800 1970 9.6 7.1 84 2.5 8.2 225 13 301.4 302.9 290.3 325.0 7.94 6 750 2504 6.7 3.8 82 2.9 5.1 233 19 303.9 305.1 290.0 324.1 6.72 7 700 3068 3.8 -0.5 73 4.4 1.6 225 24 306.7 307.7 289.6 322.9 5.26 8 650 3667 0.3 -4.5 70 4.8 -1.9 212 27 309.4 310.2 289.5 322.6 4.23 9 600 4305 -3.1 -11.4 53 8.2 -6.4 216 31 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.1 2.67 10 550 4988 -6.7 -23.6 25 16.8 -11.5 223 37 316.1 316.3 288.6 319.6 1.04 11 500 5726 -11.3 -33.5 14 22.3 -15.9 222 45 319.3 319.4 289.0 320.9 0.45 12 450 6523 -17.2 -42.2 9 25.0 -20.9 218 49 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.21 13 400 7394 -23.6 -48.6 8 25.0 -26.2 214 55 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.12 14 350 8356 -30.1 -56.3 6 26.2 -31.9 214 66 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 15 300 9438 -36.3 -62.2 5 25.9 -37.5 206 79 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.03 16 250 10684 -41.9 -73.6 2 31.7 -42.8 207 105 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 17 200 12168 -50.6 -73.7 5 23.1 -51.1 203 106 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14015 -56.5 -82.6 2 26.2 -56.8 214 76 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16554 -59.7 -86.6 2 27.0 -60.0 207 45 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.86 m Freezing level: 644.98 mb = 3730.66 m = 12239.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.22 mb = 3335.17 m = 10942.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.11 mb = 1451.88 m = 4763.33 ft T: 13.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.33 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1632.00 m = 5354.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 29.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.93 mb = 1453.69 m = 4769.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.93 mb = 1908.53 m = 6261.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.93 mb = 8035.10 m = 26361.57 ft B at Equ Level: 117.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.93 mb = 9531.24 m = 31270.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 57.13 m/s